Purification and biochemical properties of a new thermostable xylanase from symbiotic fungus, Termitomyces sp.

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-282

  Faulet, Betty Meuwiah ^a   Niamké, Sébastien ^b   Gonnety, Jean Tia ^a   Kouamé, Lucien Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Macrotermes subhyalinus; Termitidae; Thermostable Termitomyces sp.; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; ACETONE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; COPPER ION; DIOXANE; DITHIOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDE; INULIN; IRON; MANGANESE; PHENYL GROUP; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; SEPHAROSE; STARCH; XYLAN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; ZINC ION;

ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GEL FILTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

FUNGI; MACROTERMES SUBHYALINUS; TERMITIDAE; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 33645699951     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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